Notably absent in heap of recent articles about social media manipulations are western governments. I have a hard time believing that everyone is doing it but u

Notably absent in heap of recent articles about social media manipulations are western governments. I have a hard time believing that everyone is doing it but us, and our guys don't want/have that capability. This is hardly something that can be brought up to speed anywhere but in the field, so I'd expect there to be traces. Now there could be many of reasons for that absence of news. Media could be constrained by gov. More likely is social networks being forced to keep silent. Soft power of / direct access to those US companies might be good enough for US intelligence to not warrant further actions risking trust in the platforms. Actions might take place on battlefields far away & not observed by western media (like, how would you even start getting around e.g. ID requirements in china... seems kind of hard). Anyway, I just found noteworthy how well this one fits US geopolitical interests.